CVE-2021-40854
7.8 HIGHAnyDesk before 6.2.6 and 6.3.x before 6.3.3 allows a local user to obtain administrator privileges by using the Open Chat Log feature to ...
Published: 2021-10-14 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-269
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| anydesk | anydesk |
Description
AnyDesk before 6.2.6 and 6.3.x before 6.3.3 allows a local user to obtain administrator privileges by using the Open Chat Log feature to launch a privileged Notepad process that can launch other applications.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40854
- [Vendor advisory]https://anydesk.com/cve/2021-40854/
- [Vendor advisory]https://anydesk.com/cve/2021-40854/
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